Sentences with phrase «speeding along the highway»

This is the terrain for which Foley, at his best a slinky genre stylist with a tobacco - acrid edge, was presumably brought on board, and he gives it a bit of vim: A luxury - vehicle car chase, screeching and weaving at arrogant speed along the highways of Seattle, is a set piece that rattles in the mind longer and louder than the who and why of it all.

Stacked for concise storage, highway barriers, although used for safety and traffic control, are usually a sign of road construction and therefore annoying delays as we speed along the highway.

Not exact matches

(Mayor Brian Mullin claims the municipality sped along permit approvals, and there are discussions of improving highway access from the new plant.)

Along the drive, the first two hours of which was on a reasonably fast highway, we stopped for peanut porridge, jerk chicken, more beef patties — and everyone, no matter where we were, estimated we still had about three hours of driving ahead of us (including the two speed - gun - happy local cops who pulled us over).

For five days in a row, the volunteers completed two 20 - minute driving simulations along a monotonous stretch of straight highway at a constant speed, to mimic a commute to and from work.

Then the containers are dispatched from the rail yards alongside the harbor onto 1,200 diesel - powered freight trains that ferry goods up and down the coast, and 35,000 semi tractor - trailers that speed along heavily congested highways to the rest of the country.

Online education is now one of the up and coming, fast & furious trends speeding along the cyber highway.

The solid - axle suspension — a setup preferred by hard - core off - roaders — lopes along clumsily at highway speeds, sending soft shudders through the chassis over expansion joints.

The solid - axle suspension — a setup preferred by hard - core off - roaders — lopes along clumsily at highway speeds, sending soft shudders through the chassis over expan... Show full review

Clumsy Drivetrain The base 170 - horsepower, five - cylinder engine chuffs along quicker than the anemic Fiat 500c and the non-S Mini Cooper, but it revs hoarsely, and passing at highway speeds requires most of the drivetrain's reserves.

Unlike most other hybrids, therefore, the engine can cut out when you lift off the throttle, even at highway speeds, which means you can be coasting along at 70 mph and look down at the tach and see the needle sitting at 0 (although it actually says «ready» rather than «0»).

I imagined my wife and me cruising along the Pacific Coast Highway, laughing maniacally as we sped through the mountain passes.

At highway speeds in drive, the V - 10 lopes along at about 2,500 rpm.

At Skyline, we turned south and got to speed along mountain roads for bit, until we hit Highway 84 and turned east.

On the highway at steady speed, even a big car could get along on two, three, or four cylinders.

If the drivetrain is properly fettled for just loping along at highway speeds — about 2000rpm at 100km / h — then the 2008's ride properties add to the recipe.

And by the way, these tires do transmit a fair amount of road noise into the cabin — along with a less - than musical exhaust note — and relatively modest sound deadening lets wind noise be heard somewhat plainly at highway speeds too.

With six speeds, you can accelerate fairly well from a stop and hum along happily at highway speeds.

The carpet is plusher, which, along with other insulation revisions, cuts down on road noise and helps keep the SUV's cabin quieter at highway speeds.

Thanks to technologies like Direct Injection and Variable Valve Timing (along with a six - speed automatic transmission), drivers can expect their Impala to deliver a 29 mile per gallon highway fuel economy.

At highway speed the suspension simply coasts along the Tokyo freeway like an incoming freight ship.

Along with an eight - speed automatic transmission, the Touareg X will return an EPA estimated 29 mpg on the highway, which gives it a range of 700 miles between fill - ups.

At triple - digit speeds on an empty stretch of New Mexico highway, the GLI's interior remained quiet and its engine purred along like a happy kitten.

The Colorado is one vehicle that does it all: civilized highway driving, off - road driving at speed, and competence crawling along rocky trails.

The Charger Hellcat is happy to toddle along the highway at more sane speeds, but it smoothly accelerates to triple digits if you're not careful, so it's a good idea to watch for the highway patrol.

Despite the wide array of gears, you rarely notice the eight - speed shuffling as you power along the highway.

That's why, when you opt for a Verified Ride, you'll enjoy a 12 - month / 12, 000 mile Exclusionary Warranty, a 7 - year / 100, 000 - mile Limited Powertrain Warranty along with seven full years of Roadside Assistance.Reviews: * Quiet, comfortable cabin, especially at highway speeds, lots of available technology and safety features, classy and thoughtfully laid - out interior design.

Like cruise control for the highway but designed for low - speed, rugged terrain, Trail Control takes over acceleration and braking — sending power and braking to each individual wheel to allow drivers to focus on steering along the course.

If I'm puttering along in city traffic or cruising at highway speeds I can still hear myself think.

It has no trouble sailing along at highway speed and works just fine in the left lane.

Whilst the smallest engine available (a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder with 241hp) can sound a bit coarse when it's being worked really hard, all of the engines have a wide torque band and are rather hushed and refined when you let them murmur along at highway cruising speeds.

Rated 39 mpg city, 46 highway, and 42 combined, the nicely designed car borrows the 2.0 - liter one - motor hybrid powertrain along with six - speed automatic transmission from the Sonata which is comparably rated at 40 - 42 mpg.

Power comes from a 4 - liter, V6 engine with 236 horsepower and 266 lb - ft of torque hooked up to a 5 - speed automatic transmission that moves the truck capably along the highway although not without its drawbacks.

When left it to its own devices, the transmission easily steps down a few gears when the driver gives the truck the beans, and cruises along on the highway a few clicks beyond the speed limit in ninth or 10th gear, happy as a clam.

On the highway, the car hummed along quite contentedly, easily keeping up with traffic and well capable of passing acceleration — even with three full - sized adults aboard — to get around the numerous left - lane bandits trundling along at whatever speeds (mostly below the limit) they saw fit.

I hide in the anonymous cracks that speed people along the super highway.

One day in the middle of October 1987, a baby - blue Honda Civic with Alaska license plates, a battered relic of the seventies, sped along the Oregon Coast Highway, moving south on the headlands.

Drive your car at the maximum speed and move along the highway weaving in traffic.

They are very efficient, small, have very few moving parts, emit little noise or vibration and can provide sufficient power to push the vehicle along at highway speeds without further draining the batteries.

This may sound like the right way to program a robot to drive a car, but good luck trying to merge onto a chaotic, jam - packed highway with traffic flying along well above the speed limit.

Camera - traps installed along a wooded overpass spanning the Trans - Canada Highway captured this remarkably clear shot of the elusive lynx, safe from the traffic speeding below its paws.

Zakrocki v. Ford Motor Company: Rebekah Zakrocki was traveling at highway speeds between 65 to 70 mph along the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey at around 9:45 a.m. on November 10, 2000 when she lost control of her vehicle after the throttle stuck.

In Lambert v Khan, the plaintiff claimed to have suffered very severe and long - lasting whiplash - type injuries in a low speed «bump» in stop and go rush hour traffic along Highway 401 in Toronto while riding as a passenger in a taxi.

All of us have seen racy commercials for cars that show a handsome driver speeding along a curvy, ocean - side highway.

As a way to keep the highways safe, Georgia relies on a point system to monitor speeding tickets along with other moving infractions.

Observe and obey the posted speed signs as there may be frequent changes from area to area along the selected roads and highways.

If you've been speeding along the coastal highway or had a fender bender leaving your favorite LA coffee shop, you'll have a point or two to contend with.

You begin moving through your day like you are speeding down a highway, driving along as if hypnotized, going from one thing to the next.